Thomas Clapp1,2

M, #2858, * c 1609, + 20 Apr 1684
FatherNicholas Clapp1,2 * c 1570, + 14 Mar 1631
MotherElisabeth2 * s 1580, + 24 Mar 1631

Family 1

Jane Martin * s 1610, + b 1657
Children

Family 2

Abigail Wright * c 1623
Children
  • John Clapp1 * 18 Oct 1658, + 1671
  • Abigail Clapp1 * 29 Jan 1659/60, + a 1684
     Thomas Clapp was born c 1609.2,3 He (1) married Jane Martin.2,4 He (2) married Abigail Wright, daughter of Richard Wright and Margaret, c 1657.5,1,6,7 He died on 20 Apr 1684 in Scituate, Massachusetts.1

Other information:
Thomas immigrated on 24 Jul 1633 to Dorchester, Massachusetts. The ship arrived from Weymouth, England. This is only a possibility, as the name and passenger list are unknown.1
     He was admitted as a freeman in Dorchester in 1638, and later moved, first to Weymouth, MA, and later, before 1640 to Scituate. He also owned land in Hingham. He was a deacon of the church in Scituate in 1647, a Deputy of the Court in 1649, and an overseer of the poor in 1667.1
Thomas Gill and Thomas Clapp are listed among the early settlers in Hingham: John Otis among the first to draw houselots in 18 Sep 1635, Thomas Gill later in 1645, and Thomas Clapp in 1637.8
     While Torrey has two separate listings for Thomas Clap (1. 1609 - 1684, marr 1. Jane Martin, marr. 2. ? Weymouth/Scituate) and (2. -1684. marr. 2. Abigail (Wright) Sharpe a. 1655. She marr. 3. William Holbrook after 1684, Dedham/Weymouth/Scituate) it is most likely that these are the same. I have not found actual proof, however. Clapp Genealogy has a Thomas (who married Abigail) as son of Richard, with a death year of 1684
Is it possible that these are the same? The first six children are then Jane's. Check the references (Gale Ion Harris) Great Migrations has Abigail married three times.
Thomas Clapp made a will on 10 Apr 1684.
He gives his wife Abigail Wright the use of all his land and possessions for the course of her natural life. He also gives her £10.-, a number of household items, 3 cows, 6 sheep and a horse. After her decease this will be divided among his children. He gives his son Thomas Clapp of Dedham all his wearing apparel. His children Samuel Clapp, Increase Clapp, Elisabeth King, Prudence Clapp and Abigail Clapp will all get an equal share of the estate after the death of his wife. Increase also gets 2 young cattle, Elisabeth and Prudence £7.-, a brass pan, and one bed with furniture, Prudence also will be allowed to live in the house until his wife's death. Abigail Clapp will get £5.- of silver money and two cows. His daughter Mary Tilden will get 3 sheep and two lambs, and his granddaughter Elisabeth one sheep and a lamb. His sons Thomas Clapp and Samuel Clapp to be executors.9,10

     The inventory was dated 29 May 1684, and was valued at more than £351.-. It consisted of:
apparell and money (£10 7s), neat cattle (£4 5s), sheep and lambs (£6 3s), cart, plow, etc (£1 3s 9d), axes, hoes, rakes, spades (13s), household linnen (£8 13s), linnen and cotton yarns (£2 1s), yardgoods (£3), four beds and bedding (£19 15s), two chest, four boxes (17s), pewter and tin (£1 13s 6d), iron and brass household stuffs (£3 17s 8d), earthenware and glass bottles (11s), arms and ammunition (16s), household stuffs, bellows (£1 3s), wooden ware, cushings, and candles (£5 4s 4d), wool, spinning wheels, cart ropes, and other items (£5 1s 10d), baggs, winnowing sheet, hemp (£1 6s), swine (£5), corn, malt, provisions (£3 13s), housing, orchard, upland, meadow land (£200), and debts due £16 15s and 9s.10

     The daughter Mary Tilden is not mentioned in the Clapp genealogy or any other source that I have come across.1,2

Citations

  1. [S405] Ebenezer Clapp, Clapp, pg. 105-107, #1. Online at https://archive.org/details/clappmemorialrec00clap
  2. [S434] "Clapp" 17 , pg. 30-36.
  3. [S405] Ebenezer Clapp, Clapp, pg. 105-107, #1. Has him born in Dorchester, but that seems unlikely, as all other Clapps were from County Devon, and Dorchester is in County Dorset. Online at https://archive.org/details/clappmemorialrec00clap
  4. [S409] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marr., pg. 154.
  5. [S340] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration, 1620-1633. NEHGR (online). Richard Wright. Online at http://www.americanancestors.org
  6. [S409] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marr., pg. 154. Clap, Thomas & Abigail Wright.
  7. [S409] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marr., pg. 663. Sharp, Robert & Abigail Wright.
  8. [S410] Vol. 2, pg. 250-254. Early Settlers of Hingham, New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
  9. [S485] Plymouth Doc# 589 (PR IV (2)).
  10. [S460] Pilgrims, Inventory of Thomas Clapp Estate <http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/P431.htm>., online: http://www.histarch.uiuc.edu/plymouth/